Ministry of Minority Affairs
Assistance to Minority Communities
As per Section 2  of the National Commission for Minorities  Act, 1992, six communities namely Christians, Sikhs, Muslims, Buddhists, Jains and Parsis have been notified as minority communities. As per Census 2011, the population of the country includes 2,08,33,116 persons of Christian community, 2,78,19,588 persons of Sikh community, 17,22,45,158 persons of Muslim community, 84,42,972 person of Buddhist community and 44,51,753 persons of Jain community.
The Ministry of Minority Affairs also implements programmes/ schemes for socio-economic and educational empowerment of notified minority communities which includes . Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme, Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme, Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme,  Maulana Azad National Fellowship Scheme,  Naya Savera - Free Coaching and Allied Scheme, . Padho Pardesh - Scheme of interest subsidy to students of minority communities on educational loans for overseas higher studies,  Nai Udaan - Support for students clearing Prelims conducted by Union Public Service Commission , State Public Service Commission  Staff Selection Commission  etc.  Jiyo Parsi - Scheme for containing population decline of Parsis in India,  USTTAD ,  Hamari Dharohar- A scheme to preserve rich heritage of minority communities of India under the overall concept of Indian culture. Besides that the Maulana Azad Education Foundation  also implements education and skill related schemes namely  Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship for Meritorious Girls belonging to the economically weaker sections of Minorities  Gharib Nawaz Employment Scheme started in 2017-18 for providing short term job oriented skill development training to youth  Bridge Course for madarsa students & school dropouts. The scheme in which community-wise beneficiary details are available i.e. scholarships, fellowships, interest subsidies financial assistance for clearing Preliminary Examinations etc. released/sanctioned during the last three years i.e. 2018-19 to 2020-21 are enclosed at Annexure. The further details of schemes and other initiative of the Ministry is available at www.minorityaffairs.gov.in
Annexure

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S.No.
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Scheme
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Funds Released
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1
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Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme
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3826.57
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2
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Post Matric Scholarship Scheme
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1296.47
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3
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Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme
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943.14
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4
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Maulana Azad National Fellowship Scheme
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271.35
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5
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Padho Pardesh Scheme
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79.63
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6
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Nai Udaan
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18.9
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Total Scholarships sanctioned
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Buddhist
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Christian
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Jain
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Muslim
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Sikh
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Parsi
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Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme
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16306171
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510672
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1948543
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183391
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12318535
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1342754
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2276
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Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme
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2075539
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12896
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262131
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43419
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1575034
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181621
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438
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Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme
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353744
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1025
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61245
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9849
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272085
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9507
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33
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Maulana Azad National Fellowship Scheme
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2251
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112
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285
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74
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1568
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207
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5
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Padho Pardesh Scheme
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10508
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183
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5904
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1065
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2612
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725
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19
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Nai Udaan
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3553
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199
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593
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311
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2402
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48
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This information was given by Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in the Lok Sabha on July 22, 2021.